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Caitlin Frawley

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Counseling and Higher Education

College: College of Education

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of Central Florida, 2023
    Major: Education Counselor
    Dissertation: An Investigation of Change Mechanisms Using Psychophysiological Data: Child-Centered Play Therapy with Children Exposed to Adverse Childhood Experiences

Current Scheduled Teaching

COUN 5660.002Advanced Counseling SkillsSummer 10W 2026
COUN 5700.001Introduction to Play TherapySummer 10W 2026
COUN 5760.001Appraisal in Child and Adolescent CounselingSpring 2026
COUN 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2026

Previous Scheduled Teaching

COUN 5760.001Appraisal in Child and Adolescent CounselingSpring 2026
COUN 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2026
COUN 5650.001Advanced Skills in Play TherapyFall 2025 SPOT
COUN 6950.702Doctoral DissertationFall 2025
COUN 5680.002Essential Skills in CounselingFall 2025 SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Dillman Taylor, D., Frawley, C. (2024). Divorced Parents. Contemporary Case Studies in Clinical Mental Health for Children and Adolescents. 137-154. Rowman & Littlefield. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798216425885.ch-010
  • Journal Article

  • Tinstman Jones, J., Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C. (2026). Caregivers’ efficacy to address suicidality in their child/ren. Journal of Family Psychology.
  • Frawley, C., Stickl Haugen, J., Lambie, G.W., Dillman Taylor, D. (2025). The Playful Professional School Counselor: A Formalized Measure to Support School Counselor Trainees’ Competencies Development. Other. no. 1 (2) 24. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation (CSCORE) at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. https://doi.org/10.7275/cspec.2840
  • Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C., Howard, C., Gao, X., Lambie, G.W., Sutter, C.C. (2025). Computer Adaptive Reading and Implementation. Other. Florida, https://flareads.org
  • Babb, K., Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C., Kelchner, V.P. (2025). A Qualitative Investigation of Educator-Counselor’s Relational Experiences Promoting Career Retention. Other. 1 (2) https://doi.org/10.7275/cspec.2914
  • Frawley, C., Campbell, L.O., Haugen, J.S., Lambie, G.W. (2025). An investigation of relational correlates of dispositional greed: the role of adult attachment. Other. 44 (21) 17367-17373. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08448-w
  • Mullen, P.R., Lambie, G.W., Poandl, M.M., Frawley, C., Burgin, E. (2025). Analysis of the counseling competency scale-revised using trainees’ self-assessment data. Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation. 16 (1) 24-38. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21501378.2024.2404845
  • Stickl Haugen, J., Frawley, C., Bledsoe, K.G. (2025). The Development of the Student Belonging Scale: A Measure of School Belonging. Professional School Counseling. 29 (1)
  • Dillman Taylor, D., Thompson, K., Frawley, C., Mendoza, S., Blount, A. (2025). Understanding the effect of COVID-19 on two children with autism and their caregivers: a case study research design. Other. 71 (3) 472-483. Taylor & Francis. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12024503/
  • Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C., Lambie, G.W., Cabrera, K.S., Vizcarra, B.D. (2025). Examining Artificial Intelligence Policies in Counsellor Education. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 25 (1) Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12880
  • Frawley, C., Campbell, L.O. (2025). Factors that predict teachers’ intentions to utilize emerging technologies: An investigation using PLS-SEM. Education and Information Technologies. 30 (2) 1589-1606. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-12796-8
  • Russell, B., Frawley, C., Wilson, N., Dillman Taylor, D., Cypret, A. (2025). The Efficacy of Child–Parent Relationship Therapy Among Child-Welfare Involved Families: A Pilot Study. The Family Journal. 33 (1) 123–130. SAGE Publications. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10664807241268515
  • Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C., Lambie, G.W., Gao, X. (2024). Designing a caring classroom community: a propensity score matching study. Learning Environments Research. 27 (3) 603–618.
  • Taylor, D.D., Frank, A.M., Frawley, C. (2024). Using action research to examine multi‐tiered systems of support in an elementary school in a post‐COVID era. Other. 12 (3) Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.70017
  • Horton, E., Romito, M., Frawley, C., Schoonover, T.J. (2024). A size-inclusive playroom: Play therapy considerations to promote healing for children of diverse body shapes and sizes.. International Journal of Play Therapy. 33 (3) 154–163.. APA. https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000218
  • Hillaire, B., Campbell, L.O., Lambie, G.W., Stickl Haugen, J., Frawley, C. (2024). Cultivating Supportive School Environments During and after Shared Trauma. The Educational Forum. 88 (2) 202-216.
  • Horton, E., Frawley, C. (2024). Dismantling diet culture and sizeism with families: A feminist body neutral parenting group for collective healing. Other. 36 (2) 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952833.2024.2345417
  • Frawley, C., Campbell, L.O., Kelchner, V.P. (2024). Perceptions of emergency drills: a consensual qualitative research study with mothers of children with Down syndrome. Other.
  • Frawley, C., Lambie, G.W., Stickl Haugen, J., Dillman Taylor, D. (2024). The Assessment of Play Therapy and Child Counseling Competencies (APTCCC).. International Journal of Play Therapy. 33 (3) 129-139. APA. https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000208
  • Wisolmerski, R., Frawley, C. (2024). Families as Healing Partners: A Collaborative Approach to Addressing Suicidality in Child Counseling. The Family Journal. 32 (4) 619-624. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807241256665
  • Horton, E., Romito, M., Schoonover, T.J., Frawley, C. (2024). Grasping at straws: Play therapists’ experiences utilizing play therapy for childhood body dissatisfaction. International Journal of Play Therapy. 33 (4) 222-232. American Psychological Association. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-43734-005
  • Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C. (2024). An exploration of factors that predict higher education faculty members’ intentions to utilize emerging technologies. Educational Technology Research and Development. 72 (2) 643-659. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10321-1
  • Frawley, C., Dillman Taylor, D. (2024). The relational change mechanisms of child‐centered play therapy with children exposed to adverse childhood experiences. Other. 102 (2) 153-162. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12500
  • Lambie, G.W., Frawley, C., Stickl Haugen, J. (2023). Psychometric properties, factor structure, and validity of the multidimensional dispositional greed Assessment with undergraduate college students. Other. 10 (1) 2276607. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2023.2276607
  • Campbell, L.O., Frawley, C., Tinstman Jones, J.L. (2023). Incivility Indicators Instrument (i3): Development and Initial Validation. Other. 21 (4) 669-684. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-023-09477-5
  • Frawley, C., Babb, K., Lambie, G.W. (2023). Predictors of Trauma Symptoms Among Children Referred for Behavioral School-based Mental Health Counseling. Other. 16 (3) 597-605. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-023-00522-4
  • Lambie, G.W., Frawley, C., Haugen, J.S., Grushka, J.K. (2023). The Assessment of Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling Competencies: A Measure to Support Preparation Programs. The Family Journal. 31 (2) 198-204. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807221125894
  • Frawley, C., Kelchner, V.P. (2022). Fostering Relational Healing: The Use of CPRT with Foster Caregivers to Promote Family Success. The Family Journal. 30 (4) 652-659. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807221104132
  • Wright, G.G., Babb, K.E., Lambie, G.W., Frawley, C., Finnan, M., Russell, B., Askins, P. (2022). A School-Based Mental Health Therapeutic Intervention with Children Identifying with Anger Problems. Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling. 8 (3) 156-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/23727810.2022.2121571
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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